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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 |
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Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks to student volunteers at Community College of Philadelphia. (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP) | | |
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Politics |
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Institute of Politics Youth Poll finds Kamala Harris with significant lead over Donald Trump |
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A national poll by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard Kennedy School indicates that among 18-to-29-year-olds nationwide, Vice President Kamala Harris holds a 31-point lead over former President Donald Trump among likely voters in a multi-candidate matchup. The 48th Harvard Youth Poll shows Harris leading Trump 64% to 32% among likely young voters in a two-way hypothetical. The poll also found a significant enthusiasm gap between young Democrats and Republicans, with 74% of young Democrats saying they will "definitely" vote, compared to 60% of young Republicans, as well as a widening gender gap with Harris leading 70% to 23% among likely female voters.
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HKS Professor Wolfram Schlenker is bridging economic disciplines to understand how weather and climate will affect the global food supply | | |
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Science, Technology & Data |
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New report released by the Project on Workforce finds AI is being adopted faster than personal computers and the internet |
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A new survey has found that nearly two in five working-age U.S. adults report using generative artificial intelligence tools, with one in nine workers using them daily. Researchers from the Project on Workforce have produced the first nationally representative study of AI adoption and found that it is being embraced faster and more widely than either personal computers or the internet were when they first emerged. Their study of U.S. workers aged 18-64 also found that workers across a wide range of occupations and tasks use generative AI, with nearly half of those in computer, mathematical, and management roles using it. Respondents said they found generative AI useful for writing, administrative support, interpreting and summarizing text or data, and coding. The paper was co-authored by HKS Professor David Deming, Vanderbilt University Assistant Professor Adam Blandin, and researcher Alexander Bick of Johns Hopkins University. The Project on Workforce is a collaboration between the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at HKS, Harvard Business School, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education
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A talk with the program director of the Belfer Center’s new Emerging Technology, Scientific Advancement, and Global Policy Program | | |
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Gender, Race & Identity |
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Changing the narrative on women’s leadership |
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With Vice President Kamala Harris making a strong bid for the U.S. presidency, HKS Women and Public Policy Program Co-Director Hannah Riley Bowles says “path-breaking” female leaders have dramatically increased leadership opportunities for women. “The idea of having a highly competitive, female candidate for the U. S. presidency is just simply now a fact of life,” she says in a new episode of HKS PolicyCast. Yet the popular narrative on the efficacy of female leaders, she says, still lags behind the reality of the actual success women are having in leadership positions. In her conversation with PolicyCast host Ralph Ranalli, Bowles offers several policy recommendations on how to change that narrative and create more gender-equitable paths to positions of responsibility.
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“TrueViews,” a new public opinion tool designed by Harvard experts, is educating politicians about what constituents actually believe | | |
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Democracy & Governance |
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New teaching module helps HKS community members discuss controversial issues constructively and productively |
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Starting the new school year with a proactive approach, the Kennedy School’s Candid and Constructive Conversations (CCC) initiative has rolled out a new online module to help HKS community members take part in productive dialogues—even about controversial and emotional subjects. “The ability to engage across difference is a crucial skill for policymakers and public leaders,” Dean Jeremy Weinstein wrote in a recent message to the HKS community. The module, which Associate Professor Julia Minson developed based on her research on constructive disagreement, explores disagreements and the role of conversations, explains the psychology of receptiveness to opposing views, and offers tools on how to develop and signal receptiveness in conversations without participants sacrificing their core beliefs and values.
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What we're Reading |
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The Growth Lab at the Center for International Development releases the newly updated and more intuitive Atlas of Economic Complexity 10.0 | | |
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